C1C2C3C4C5C6PART 5BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT PAYMENT

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pt. 5 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1 of the amending Rule) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/77), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

C6

Pt. 5 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending Rule) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/21), arts. 1(3), 2(2)(h)

30Bereavement support payment: contribution condition and amendments

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For the purposes of section 29(1)(d) the contribution condition is that, for at least one tax year during the deceased's working life—

a

he or she actually paid Class 1 or Class 2 national insurance contributions, and

b

those contributions give rise to an earnings factor (or total earnings factors) equal to or greater than 25 times the lower earnings limit for the tax year.

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“Earnings factor” is to be construed in accordance with sections 22 and 23 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.

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For the purposes of section 29(1)(d) the contribution condition is to be treated as met if the deceased was an employed earner and died as a result of—

a

a personal injury of the kind mentioned in section 94(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, or

b

a disease or personal injury of the kind mentioned in section 108(1) of that Act.

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In this section the following expressions have the meanings given by section 121(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act—

  • “employed earner”,

  • “lower earnings limit”,

  • “tax year”, and

  • “working life”.

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Schedule 16 contains amendments to do with bereavement support payment.